Stone
circles built over a period of time, approximately 2400 BC. Attributed
to the Atlanteans, Phoenicians, Druids, megalithic mound builders, Giants,
Queen Boadicea or Merlin. Its geometry and orientation suggest its use
as an astronomical observatory, ritual place and spiritual centre of
megalithic Britain. The circles, built at different times, are subject
to varying geometries and are nested within each other exponentially,
like planetary orbit rings.

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Taurus  Great Pyramid, Astronomical Temple

Stone
monument supposedly built approximately 2170 BC, although it is almost
certainly housands of years older. It also functioned as an initiation
temple, astronomical observatory, calendar, and standard of measurement
canon for Ancient Egyptian surveying, weights and measures. The square
and circle, and astronomical considerations determine its form, location
and position of interior passageways and chambers.

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Gemini  Memory Theatre, Vitruvius, Palladio, Dee, Fludd

The
classical Greek amphitheatre described by Vitruvius was an image of
the world. Four equilateral triangles inscribed within a circle reflect
zodiacal structure. Palladio's 1567 reconstruction is here adapted to
the magical memory theatre ideas of Dr John Dee and Robert Fludd, as
presented by Dame Frances Yates. The memory art produced a specific
correlation between the audience, actors and sets which was also used
in Shakespeare's Globe Theatre.

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Cancer Jampudvipa World Diagram,
Jain Cosmos

Western
Indian Jain world diagram from the 17th century. This schematic representation
of the universe shows the regions through which the individual soul
passes in approaching liberation at Mount Meru at the centre. The concentric
rings are layers of space, time and matter which determine our fates
and indicate the proper actions necessary for spiritual release. The
archetypal realm is identical with but nested within the realm of incarnation.

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Leo Figura Intellectus, Magicosmic
Mnemomandala

This
mandala correspondes to a diagram drawn by Giordano Bruno from the 16th
century. This meditation figure synchronizes the operations and structure
of the intellect and spirit with the divine astrological order of the
cosmos. The image provides a matrix for information that indicates their
magical correspondences and permutations. This diagram is also a solar/lunar
calendar rotating with the seasons, showing the entire yearly cycle
as a synthesis of opposed but reconciled forces.

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Virgo  Sri Yantra, Hindu Mandala

Hindu
yantra diagram of the 17th century. The divine powers and their relationships
are shown as linked triangles surrounding the mysterious matrix bindu
point in the centre. The lack of images allows the initiate to distil
and concentrate being and consciousness in preparation for unification
with the Godhead. The upward triangles are male/yang, while the downward
triangles are female/yin — they balance in the center.

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Libra  I Ching, Squared and Encircled

Ancient
Chinese oracle and book of wisdom from the Second Millennium B.C. The
I Ching Book of Changes is a divinatory system based upon the permutations
of yin and yang energies in nature and humanity. The sixty-four hexagrams
are transitional states which are shown around a circle and within a
square.

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Scorpio  Mahakala Gonpo-Magpo Chakra, Tibetan Buddhist Mandala

Tibetan
Buddhist Tantric mandala of Mahakala, the Great God of Time, dancing
with his female consort within the sacred precinct of the four elements.
This eternal dance symbolizes the recurrent creation and destruction
of the Universe by the powers of Time. They dance upon the sacred lotus
of becoming.

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Sagittarius  Aztec Calendar Wheel, Precious Fire Serpents

Stone
carving 13 feet in diameter from 15th century Mexico. The Sun Disk is
both a calendar and historical-mythological record of the Aztecs. The
sun in the center and is surrounded by four seasons and eras, twenty
day names, penetrating rays and two great fire serpents, representing
the cosmic energies and the recurrent mechanism of time. This reconciles
the cycles of sun, moon and venus in one beautiful figure.

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Capricorn  Kabbalistic Sephiroth, Tree of Life

Medieval
Hebrew mystical diagram. the Kabbalah is the mystical language of the
Hebrews, and the Tree of Life organizes its correspondences. The ten
spheres are pure numbers and the twenty-two paths connecting them are
letters of the aleph-beth, the whole leading the initiate from the ignorance
of Malkuth at the bottom to the Crown of Kether.

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Aquarius  Astrology, Cosmic Geometry

Astrology
is the most ancient science and mantic art based upon the correspondences
of the Cosmos and Humanity. Astrology integrates astronomy, medicine,
mathematics, geometry and psychology and lies within most mystical traditions
and religions. The structure of Astrology is the relationship between
the circular movements of the planetary bodies and the squares and triangles
which relate them.

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Pisces  North Rose Window, Chartres Cathedral

Leaded
stained glass window in Chartres Cathedral built in 1145 A.D. This rose
window displays the principles of Christianity through images of the
Virgin held by her Mother, surrounded by Doves of Spirit, Kings of Israel
and Twelve Prophets. The mysteries of the Church are transmitted by
the images, colours and geometrical relationships to both the simple
and the wise.